These ancient adzes were found near the Thames at Battersea Power Station. They're thought to have been used in log boat building.
Mesolithic adzes
A large stone pebble used to knapp and fashion flint into working tools. Late neolithic. From a burial excavated at Stone Castle, Kent.
Hammer stone
This tableware hoard of copper alloy and pewter objects was found in a well in Londinium, probably hidden in a crisis for later retrieval.
Copper alloy tablewares
Copper alloy oil lamp thought to have been used at a bath house and found at Fenchurch Street in the City of London
Bath house oil lamp
This bottle was a grave good found on a site in Trinity Square, Southwark, London. It's commonly associated with the Roman deity Mercury.
'Mercury' flask after the deity, Mercury.
Intaglio featuring the Eagle of Rome with two standards.
I showed this photograph to a horticulturalist from Boston, Lincolnshire. This type of tool has changed little to this day. A design classic
Horticultural rake
This small leather shoe was found in waterlogged deposits near the ancient course of the river Walbrook in the City of London.
A child's shoe
The stones seen here are emerald and garnet linked by a gold chain. It was found in the Roman mausoleum of a young woman in Kent.
Gold necklace fragment
Copper alloy hen brooch
Tudor bowling cheese from Brandon House
This bowl was found on the floor of the cellar of a brick building that was destroyed in the Great fire of London of 1666.
Wooden bowl from Newgate Prison
This lead bulla was part of the seal of the scroll or bull, issued by pope Innocent III who nullified the Magna Carta in 1215
Papal bulla of Innocent III, from Borough High Street.
Terracotta lion from Brandon House
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